later i learnt that besides Eve, Glenn, whom I'd not met for over a year was also on this trip, so it would not be a trip full of strangers after all!
Dive Trip Report
Dive sites Day 2 : Manta Bowl
- My new dive knife got confiscated at Singapore customs - note to self :CHECK-in the dive knife whenever you fly! aaargh! $100 plus burnt before i even got to use the knife
- "You mean the hotel is still under-constructions? "- we arrived to find our hotel still underconstruction.
- watersupply is sucky in my room... its just a trickle.
- Ard 1 hour wait for all meals.
- budget airline sucks
- guppies are the first to Low-On-Air - aaargh! lost touch! damn it.
- urchins! Urchins ! Everywhere...
- got stung by jellyfish on 2nd dive as I surfaced
- Non diver tourists in orange live vests thrashing about in the water chasing/ scaring the whalesharks and this little guppy ( i think they are more dangerous than anything)
- loud australian diver - who sat beside me on the last evening over dinner and spent a good hour bitching about work conditions in Singapore . PUI! cant compete? then go home to aussieland ..sheesh..whinge n whinge n whinge.
- poor angel got food poisoning
- Sun burnt despite aggressively hiding from the sun!
Highlights
- Lost my virginity 1 : finally saw WHALESHARKS WHALESHARKS WHALESHARKS
- Lost my virginity 2: finally saw with my own eyes 2+ m wide huge MANTA RAY!
- Guppy's first firefly tour - *twinkle twinkle twinkle*
- dolphin pod swimming past the whaleshark tour boat!
- other marine life : porcupine fish, clownfish, lotsa nudibranchs, urchins , pipefish, lionfish
- Fatty porky meal
- "Uncle!"
- Super delicious seafood dinner!
- knife in mango seed.
- mini breads
- Pilli nuts!
- San Miguel Light
Dive trip Snapshots (Courtesy of Eve, Cynthia and Felix) :
My cam died on me, so most of these shots are from Eve , Cynthia and Felix's cam ..all pics are jumbled and in no particular order:
Camwhoring at Manila Airport (awaiting our domestic flight into Legaspi) 
check out our dive bags -- "UNCLE!" 
Surface interval views ...sigh...we'll make do i guess 
Overview of our journey :
Flight Singapore to Manila : 3.5 hrs --> Flight Manila to Legaspi city -->1 hr , Lagaspi city to -->Donsol Village by minivan : 1.5 hrs * blyeah*
Touch down ulu legaspi airport! 
careful not to fall off the stairs! 
a short walk from the tarmac to legaspi airport ermm terminal 
exiting the airport we were met with our host Conz..and his mini van 
views of legaspi city from the van it was a hot day. 
we stopped by a provision store , 
Glenn waiting for everyone to return to the van 
Eve and her Froggy friend waits in the van too 
we arrived at our hotel -and to our horror it was still underconstruction HAHAHAH! in this pic we are actually walking over where the Swimming pool is supposed to be...
where is the door to the bedroom? aaaa!!!
First meal in Donsol - LUNCH!
Wheres the van? we wanna go see whalesharks! 
Whaleshark interaction rego form 
Whaleshark interaction guidelines 
MY DREAM COME TRUE! BUTANDINGS SIGHTED!!!!! 
Group shot! 
San Miguel - 3 caves dive site
random dive pics :
urchins urchins everywhere 
Porcupine fishy! 
PERCULAS 
Starfish 
Bladdy jellyfish...i got stung while surfacing on the 2nd dive.. 
pipefish! 
our sturdy vessel 
more group shots 
dinner time!
Butanding Spotter!
Fins mask and snorkel on! we are ready to jump once the Butanding is spotted! 
Whaleshark hunt group shots
this shot was taken on day 1 dive when we returned to our hotel room, the door wouldnt open the lock was spoilt and all 4 of us had to wait in the makeshift pub area of the hotel , wet , cold ..waiting for the super slow hotel staff to fix the door to our room . we tried to order food and hot tea but everything was not forthcoming, (painfully slow) lucky for us cynthia had delicious crackers with her and milo powder, so we were wet but at least we were not starving. 
Guppies love cheap corn ice-cream! 
setting off on our evening firefly tour! it was amazing Id never seen fireflies until this trip...twinkle twinkle twinkle...so beautiful
Parting shot outside our hotel Giddy's place.
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